# Accident 20050408004829A: Cessna 152, Stillwater, OK, April 8, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2005, 18:30 local time
- Place: Stillwater, OK
- Airport: Stillwater Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GH8S
- Location: 36.1611° N, 97.0856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1611&lon=-97.0856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68472, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68472-2012-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050408004829A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY 17 JUST AFTER LANDING. PILOT STATED HE WAS RECONFIGURING FOR A TAKEOFF AND LOOKED OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER TO SEE THAT THE FLAPS HAD RETRACTED. IT WAS THEN THAT HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT TURN LEFT. PILOT THEN APPLIED HEAVY RIGHT RUDDER, BUT FELT AS IF AIRCRAFT MIGHT LEAN OVER ON ITS LEFT, SO HE STOPPED APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER AND ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO TAXI INTO A DIRECTIONAL SIGN. THE LEFT MAIN STRUT IMPACTED THE SIGN AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO THE GRASSY MEDIUM BEFORE STOPPING. THE LEFT MAIN STRUT WAS DEFLECTED REARWARD CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE STRUT AND ATTACH POINTS AS WELL AS THE CONNECTED SKIN, FLIGHT CONTROL CABLES, ETC. PILOT REPORTED WINDS WERE 160 @ 8.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW05CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA101), Apr 8, 2005: Cessna 152 (N68472), Stillwater, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

## Other reports on N68472 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100916047569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100916047569I), Sep 16, 2010: Cessna 152 (N68472), Mosby, MO, Minor damage. Mr. Kumaran was on his 5th solo training flight, unsupervised. He stalled in the landing flare, landed hard, breaking the nose gear in the process. Witnesses…
- [Accident 20010104007959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010104007959A), Jan 4, 2001: Cessna 152 (N68472), Bristow, OK, Substantial damage. (.4)On January 4, 2001, at 1500 central standard time, a Cessna 152, single-engine airplane, N68472, sustained substantial damage when the left main landing…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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